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Guess Where? Quiz – National Parks of the West

There’s no doubt that 2020’s destination of the summer is “The Great Outdoors.” And there’s no better place to get outside than our National Parks! 

 

This week, ROAM’s “Guess Where?” family travel trivia quiz heads to the parks of the Wide, Wild Western US! We’ve thrown some zingers in with some basics.

Let's get started!

1. 

America created its first national park in 1872 because it crossed the boundaries of three states. Name it!
2. 

America’s second national park was created in 1890 to protect a living organism?
3. 

At nearly 2,000 feet deep, this lake is America’s deepest and the namesake of this Oregon park.
4. 
Death Valley
Why does Death Valley National Park have such a foreboding name?
5. 

 The native people of this national park believe lava is the “manifestation of ‘Pele,’ the creator of new lands.”
6. 

From 1966 to 2015, the number of active glaciers in this national park dropped from 39 to 26.
7. 

The first person to ascend the south summit of this  Alaskan peak took place in 1913, four years before it became a national park.
8. 

How many national parks are in Utah?
9. 

How long does it take to hike to the National Park’s Bright Angel Campground at the bottom of the Grand Canyon?
10. 

This southernmost national park has 250 coral species representing one-third of all the coral in the Indo-Pacific region?

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